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From Political Dictionary

Article in FAIR by Jim Naureckas, 12/10/25

Headline:  “FBI Is Making an Enemies List—and Most Corporate Media Didn’t Even Check It Once”

“The Trump FBI is drawing up an enemies list that could encompass well over half the US public. . .”

“Congratulations—you may be headed for Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “list of groups or entities engaging in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism. ‘Terrorism,’ of course, is the magic word that strips you of all sorts of legal protections, especially in the post-9/11 era. . .”

“. . .virtually no corporate media outlets covered this. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://fair.org/home/fbi-is-making-an-enemies-list-and-most-corporate-media-didnt-even-check-it-once/

Media Silence for Public

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Article in Poynter by Kelly McBride, 12/9/25

Headline:  “When powerful people bully the press, they’re really trying to silence the public”

Subhead:  “What looks like a personal attack is often an intimidation tactic aimed at the entire press and the people it serves”

“. . .In addition to recently calling a reporter “piggy,” President Donald Trump has mocked a journalist’s physical disabilities and belittled one of his interviewers at the 2024 NABJ conference for her tough opening question. But he’s not the only one. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told a reporter to go back to her country. . .”

Read the full article at:
https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2025/what-to-do-when-powerful-people-bully-journalists/

Predicting Future of the Media

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Articles in Columbia Journalism Review by various staff 12/8/25

Headline:  “Forecasting”

Subhead:  “Introducing the Journalism 2050 Issue.”

“We don’t know what exactly the future holds, much as we may want to believe we do. Looking at the transformations of the media industry, and at shifting habits of news consumption, maybe we can do something like meteorology, and put together a forecast. In this issue and an accompanying podcast series, we are watching where the wind blows . . .”

Read the articles at:

https://www.cjr.org/the-journalism-2050-issue

Civility Not Fashionable Anymore?

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Article in AlterNet by Robert Reich, 12/2/25

Headline:  “Oxford’s ‘word of the year’ explains all you need to know about Trump — and the media”

“The publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary has named ‘rage bait’ its phrase of the year.

“Call it the monetization of rage. Rage has become a valuable commodity. (Always follow the money.)

“A growing number of online creators are making rage bait. Their goal is to record videos, produce memes, and write posts that make other users furious: conspiracy theories, lies, combustible AI-generated video clips — whatever it takes. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.alternet.org/oxford-word-of-the-year/

Credibility to Media Also Sinking?

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Article in The New Republic by Greg Sargent, 12/3/25

Headline:   “Trump Tirades at Media Darken as MAGA Bloodlust on Bombings Boils Over”

Subhead:  “As Trump and MAGA hit new levels of depravity on his boat bombings and anti-immigrant crackdown, the writer of a piece connecting these dots discusses the centrality of sadism to Trump-MAGA politics.”

“. . .Trump just unleashed a hateful rant to the media about Somali immigrants to set the stage for a coming campaign to arrest them en masse. Meanwhile, MAGA excitement over the Caribbean Sea bombings is spiking: Pete Hegseth tweeted out a deeply sadistic cartoon celebrating these extrajudicial killings. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://newrepublic.com/article/203887/trump-seethes-darkly-media-maga-bloodlust-bombings-boils

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz & Rob Savillo, 12/2/25

Headline:  “Scrounging for a Hegseth defense, right-wing commentators seize on NY Times report”

Subhead:  “Hegseth’s supporters split hairs over his culpability”

“Right-wing commentators have seized upon a New York Times report on the U.S. military’s September 2 extrajudicial killing of 11 people on board a boat the Trump administration alleged was carrying drugs in the Caribbean, claiming that the article ‘DEBUNKED’ a previous Washington Post report that triggered congressional scrutiny over potential war crimes. But the Times actually confirmed, rather than undermined, the Post’s account. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/pete-hegseth/scrounging-hegseth-defense-right-wing-commentators-seize-ny-times-report

Wait! Aren’t Media Always Correct?

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Carolina Abbott Galvão, 11/26/25

Headline:  “Could Public Skepticism of the Press Actually Be Good for Democracy?”

Subhead:  “An expert on political communication explains how Argentina’s history of public lying created a protective barrier between citizens and information, and how distrust can help fight autocracy.”

“. . .the authors of The Patina of Distrust, a new book that explores how people interpret misinformation, argue that that perspective overlooks a crucial piece of the puzzle. Basing their findings on extensive research conducted in the wake of Argentina’s 2019 elections, they conclude that news consumers are less susceptible to falsehood than we might anticipate. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/public-skepticism-press-good-thing-patina-distrust-argentina-eugenia-mitchelstein.php

Looking at Media You Don’t Like?

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones

Headline:  “The White House’s ‘media offender’ list will fizzle. The reporting won’t.”

Subhead:  “The Trump administration’s latest attack on reporters won’t stop newsrooms from holding it accountable”

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/white-house-media-offender-list-trump-press-attacks/

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Article in Committee to Protect Journalists by Staff

Headline:  “Trump administration’s ‘media bias’ list raises alarm, CPJ says”

https://cpj.org/2025/12/trump-administrations-media-bias-list-raises-alarm-cpj-says/

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Article in The Guardian by Marina Dunbar, 11/29/25

Headline:  “White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories”

Subhead:  “Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/white-house-media-website-trump

Media Are Waking Up?

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Article in The New Republic by Greg Sargent, 11/24/25

Headline:  “Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So”

Subhead:  “As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.”

“Suddenly, media outlets seem to have figured out that President Donald Trump is really, really unpopular. There’s been a palpable shift in the discourse: The New York Times reports that Republicans are quietly looking beyond Trump, suggesting he’s losing his grip on the party. Axios claims that it’s ‘red alert’ time for Trump and the GOP. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://newrepublic.com/article/203559/trump-weak-failing-president-media-finally-saying

Some Good Things?

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 11/24/25

Headline:  “What we’re thankful for in media in 2025”

Subhead:  “Two dozen Poynter colleagues reflect on 2025’s bright spots, including brave local reporting, ‘Andor,’ meme Fridays, WIRED scoops and … a mug warmer?”

“Let’s face it, when it comes to the press and its place in a healthy democracy, this has been a horrible year. Aside from the continuing economic challenges facing media organizations, we have an administration that is doing all it can to muzzle the media. . .”

Read the full article at:

/www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/what-were-thankful-for-in-media-in-2025/

Some Media Vanishing?

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Article in Media Matters by Ben Van Bloem, 11/21/25

Headline: “Right-wing media figures are starting to declare “MAGA is dead”

Subhead: “Some right-wing personalities are announcing the end of Trump’s MAGA movement and claiming ‘America First is ASCENDANT’ “

“A growing number of right-wing figures are criticizing President Donald Trump’s economic decisions, foreign policies, and continued handling of the Epstein files. Some in right-wing media are even declaring that the Trump-centric ‘MAGA movement’ is ‘dead.’ . . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes/right-wing-media-figures-are-starting-declare-maga-dead